महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-234, verse-2

चत्वारः पाण्डवा वीरा गन्धर्वाश्च सहस्रशः ।
रणे संन्यपतन्राजंस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥२॥

2. catvāraḥ pāṇḍavā vīrā gandharvāśca sahasraśaḥ ,
raṇe saṁnyapatanrājaṁstadadbhutamivābhavat.

2. catvāraḥ pāṇḍavāḥ vīrāḥ gandharvāḥ ca sahasraśaḥ
raṇe sannyapatan rājan tat adbhutam iva abhavat

2. O King, the four heroic Pāṇḍavas and thousands of Gandharvas fell in the battle; that was truly astonishing.

Words meanings summery:

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - Pāṇḍavas

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, brave ones

• गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas

• च (ca) - and

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in the fight, on the battlefield

• सन्न्यपतन् (sannyapatan) - fell down, perished, collapsed

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Janamejaya. (O King)

• तत् (tat) - Refers to the event of the falling warriors. (that, this)

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonder, marvel, astonishing

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was, happened

Words meanings and morphology

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'pāṇḍavāḥ' and 'vīrāḥ'.

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, Pāṇḍava

Apatyārthe (descendant) derivation from Pāṇḍu.

Note: Subject of 'sannyapatan'.

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, brave ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, valiant

Note: Agrees with 'pāṇḍavāḥ'.

गन्धर्वाः (gandharvāḥ) - Gandharvas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gandharva

gandharva - Gandharva (celestial musician or warrior)

Note: Subject of 'sannyapatan'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'Pāṇḍavas' and 'Gandharvas'.

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'sahasra' (thousand) with adverbial suffix '-śas'.

Note: Modifies 'gandharvāḥ' implying their number.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in the fight, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, fight, war

Note: Indicates the location of the action.

सन्न्यपतन् (sannyapatan) - fell down, perished, collapsed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sam-ni-pat

Imperfect Active

Imperfect 3rd person plural active of root pat- (to fall) with prefixes sam- and ni-.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Janamejaya. (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

Note: Address by Vaiśampāyana.

तत् (tat) - Refers to the event of the falling warriors. (that, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it

Note: Subject of 'abhavat'.

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonder, marvel, astonishing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, marvellous; a wonder, a marvel

Note: Predicate adjective modifying 'tat'.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle indicating comparison.

अभवत् (abhavat) - became, was, happened

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active

Imperfect 3rd person singular active of root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Verb for the second clause.